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W. S. TAYLOR.

REGIPROGATING HARVESTBR KNIFE.

No. 335.397. Patented Feb. 2, 1886.

N. PETERS. Photo-Lithographer, Walhinglfln. 17.0. V

UNTTED STATES PATENT EEICE.

VILLIAH STITT TAYLOR, OF HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO M. S. TAYLOR, OF SAME PLACE.

RECIPRIOICATING HARVESTER-KNIFE.

:EZ ECIPXCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,397, dated February 2, 1886.v

Application filed July 10, IRS-l.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, XVlLLIAM S. TAYLOR, of Huntingdou, in the county of Huntingdou and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a 5 new and useful Improvement in Reciprocating Harvester-Knives, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to insure the cutting of straw, grass, or weeds which rnay to escape the ordinary angular cutters and is'" comm-ea to clog and interfere with the proper working of the cutter-bar.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a plan View of my invention, and Fig. 2 a similar view of the I5 knives when on the cutter-bar.

In the drawings, A represents my harvcsterknife,with the ordinary angular cutting-edge, B, in front, and with a shank, 0, adapted to be secured to the cutter-bar D in any suitable 2o manner. Between these old parts I form a sharp and cutting edge, E, which begins at the farther extremity of the wings of cutter B, so as to there form a hook, I). From this Serial No. 137,307.

hook-curve the edge E runs to the end I) on (No model.)

the arc of a larger circle, so that as the knife 25 moves laterally it has a drawing out. XVhen two of these knives are together, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, it will be observed that this draw-cut works against the grain or grass which may have escaped the cutter B in both 0 directions, or on each stroke, while the hooks b I) prevent the said grain or grass from work ing out in front between the cutters B.

Having thus described my invention, I would state that I am aware of all that is 5 shown in patents Nos. 18,229 and 89,546.

XV hat I claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is-

A harvester-knife having the sharp edge E hooked at b andrunning in the form of a 40 part of an ellipse from said hook to the end I), the same being arranged between the shank C and the front cutter, B, substantially as shown and described.

XVILLIAM STITT TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

JAMES KELLY, HIRAM DE HUFF. 

